ó
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definitions
Noun:
- Eagle, hawk: A bird of prey, specifically referring to a type of hawk or eagle in Vietnamese. This is the primary zoological meaning.
- (Dialectal) A type of kite: In some contexts, it can refer to a kite (the flying toy), though this is less common.
Verb:
- To shout loudly, to yell: To make a very loud, often chaotic or protesting noise. This meaning is derived from the sound of shouting.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- Trên bầu trời có một con ó đang bay lượn. (There is an eagle/hawk circling in the sky.)
- Trong truyện cổ tích, Thạch Sanh đã bắn con ó để cứu công chúa. (In the folktale, Thach Sanh shot the hawk to save the princess.)
Verb:
- Đám đông bắt đầu la ó phản đối quyết định. (The crowd began to shout loudly in protest of the decision.)
- Đừng có ó lên như thế, tôi nghe rõ mà. (Don't yell like that, I can hear you clearly.)
Advanced Usage
- "ó ầm ĩ" / "la ó ầm ĩ": To make a tremendous racket; to shout very noisily and disruptively.
- Bọn trẻ chạy ra sân và la ó ầm ĩ. (The kids ran into the yard and made a tremendous racket.)
Variants and Related Words
- Diều hâu (n): Hawk. This is a more common and standard synonym for the bird of prey.
- Cắt (n): Falcon. A related bird of prey.
- La hét (v): To scream, to shout. A common synonym for the verbal meaning.
Synonyms
- For the noun (bird): diều hâu, chim ưng (eagle).
- For the verb (shout): la hét, hò hét, gào thét.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- La ó: This is a fixed, common phrase combining "la" (to shout) and "ó" (to yell), emphasizing loud, vociferous shouting, often in protest.
- Người biểu tình la ó trước tòa nhà chính phủ. (The protesters shouted and yelled in front of the government building.)
Related Idioms
- (Không common idioms exist that are built solely around the word "ó". Its idiomatic use is primarily in the fixed phrase "la ó".)